K. at his Desk

    o associates. Or  and kind.

    telep also a conduit for sooto o t.

    cs (quot;Yes,quot; quot;Noquot;) in corners of t ly irritated air for neors, neies. ime sending and receiving messengers.

    quot;I spend my time sending and receiving messen?gers,quot; ;Some of tant. Ot.quot;

    Described by Secretaries

    A: quot;Quite frankly I ts a lot of t ts are tial. I even t forget delib?erately, to leave y to get rid of unimportant details. And ;

    B: quot;Once en me. You kno. I al, and I   bunculips Id ever seen in my life. And tulips too. tanding tulips, smiling.quot;

    Behe Bar

    At a croy, o make cer. tle of Scotcing. tender, a small man in a beige uniform  buttons, politely asks K. to return to ts side, of t;You let one be?; tender says.

    K. Reading the Newspaper

    ions are impossible to catalogue. Often e t amuses e involving, say, a fireman  record-breaking speed to tories are clipped, carried about in a pocket, to be produced at appropriate moments for tations please  of an earts terrible statistics, quoting t;e must do somet; Important actions often fol?loimes ter of wo kinds of responses may be, on a given day, inexplicably reversed.)

    trivial aspects of temization are skipped. ains a rapid drumming of ips on top.  of these, only four are regarded as serious.

    Attitude toward his ork

    quot;Sometimes I cant seem to do anyt seems to me an insur?mountable obstacle, really out of reac an